RELEASE NOTES

Version 1.2.3.0
Aug. 14, 2008

Improvements to Reports

• Added the new Inventory Movement Details report, and renamed the Inventory Movement report to Inventory Movement Summary
• Added a column for Quantity On Hand to the Back Order Report
• Added a column for Quantity Reserved to the Stock Reordering Report
• Added a column for Order Date to the Customer History Report

Improvements to Importing / Exporting

• Added better error handling for improperly formatted files
• Added the ability to import more fields
• Cleaned up exported files to have columns in the same order as Importing
• Importing Inventory without specifying Location will now import into the default location
• Error messages when importing entries are now more detailed
• Files are now exported in UTF-8 encoding for better handling of international languages
• Fixed a bug when importing products that differed only in capitalization or spacing

Changes to formatting in printed documents

• Reduced the font-size of the end-of-document footer and per-page footer

New of Improved Features

• Added the ability to search for products by barcode or partial barcodes
• Add By Product in Count Sheet now includes the default location of a product, even if it has 0 quantity.
• New Currencies: Guatemalan Quetzal, Surinamese Dollar, and No Currency

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• Dropdowns can now be closed by clicking anywhere off the dropdown
• Doing a search from a dropdown no longer closes the dropdown
• inFlow now suggests a name for saving documents to PDF
• Removed a popup confirming when a PDF has been saved
• Added tooltips to the Product Category screen to suggest drag-and-drop
• Column widths in product, customer, and vendor selection dropdowns are now saved

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an error when duplicating products with pictures
• Fixed a bug with adding new category names that are a prefix of existing category names
• Fixed an error with the display of fractional quantities in the Pick tab
• You can now create a backup even when in read-only mode

Version 1.2.2.0
June 30, 2008

New or Improved Features

• Sales Orders and Purchase Orders can now be imported and exported
• Added the Estimated Inventory Duration report to estimate how long it would take to sell the remaining inventory
• Added the Sales Order Summary report to give a flexible summary of sales
• Added calculation of box weights for estimating shipping costs
• Added totals to the Purchase Order Summary and Customer Order History reports
• Added the Surinamese Dollar currency

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• Added a suggestion to backup data before doing an import
• Product cost and last purchase price are now shown in the product listing
• Product cost and last purchase price are now shown in the item selection dropdown when hovering the mouse over "Open"
• Product price, cost, and last purchase price are now shown in Product Category listing
• The Units field in product information has been renamed to "Unit of Measure" for clarification

Bug Fixes

• Prices can now be imported formatted either with or without a currency sign
• Fixed a bug with the sublocation control in Transfer Stock
• Fixed a bug when printing multiple Receiving Notes
• Fixed a bug where searching Current Stock by pressing enter gave unexpected results

Version 1.2.1.0
May 24, 2008

New or Improved Features

• The widths of columns on printed documents can now be customized. See here to find out how.
• Footers in printed documents can now be multiple lines
• System administrators can now force users to log in every time for increased security
• New report: Sales Rep Report - shows you the Sales Orders that each sales representative was responsible for
• New report: Product Customer Report - shows you all the customers that have ordered a product
• New report: Purchase Order Details - shows you the items you've purchased from vendors
• New report: Product Cost Report - helps you get the costs you've paid for a product
• Added ounces as an option for product weights
• Improved barcode input behaviour to make scanning multiple items at once easier

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• Display settings for table columns in inFlow are now automatically remembered
• The "Require Login even for Single User" option has been replaced with a "Require Login" option
• The Current Stock screen will now show the default location, even if it's at zero quantity

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented users from using Adjust Stock for products and locations at zero quantity
• Fixed a bug that caused restoring old database versions (v1.1.4.0 and prior) in version 1.2.0.0 to fail
• Fixed a bug where the box content list and box label would only print for the first box
• Fixed a bug with license conflicts when transferring between two computers via Backup and Restore
• Unstocked products can no longer be selected in the Unstock tab of a Purchase Order

Version 1.2.0.0
May 1, 2008

New or Improved Features

• inFlow now supports multi-user mode, so you and your colleagues can work together at the same time using inFlow
• Document numbers (e.g. invoice numbers) are now fully customizable. You can set the pattern for them or change an individual document number.
• Importing can now merge import files with existing data when the Name is the same
• You can now add file attachments to most entities
• inFlow can now help you manage your Standard Edition license keys with an inFlow account
• Added an option to allow inFlow's currency formatting to follow Windows settings
• Added some more pre-defined currencies
• Custom fields are now searchable
• Custom fields for Products and Services have been merged into a common set
• Purchase Orders can now be completed even when overdelivered or underdelivered
• Inventory History listing now shows the user responsible for the transactions
• Reorder Stock now takes Quantity Reserved into account
• Back Order report can now be filtered and grouped by product
• Purchase Order status report now shows Order Status
• Purchase Order status report now shows services as fully received when the order is marked complete

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• The Product Category screen now works more like Windows Explorer. In particular, products are no longer restricted to be in categories without any subcategories.
• Dropdowns in tables can now be accessed with a single click
• Renamed "Search" button to "Refresh" button in listings
• New users in inFlow can now be created with empty passwords
• The user Name and Login fields have now been combined into a single Name field
• inFlow can now automatically log you in even when you have multiple users

Changes to formatting in reports and printed documents

• More space has been allocated to support wider company logos

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in importing where Free Edition limits were hit prematurely
• Fixed an issue with inFlow windows stealing focus in some cases
• Fixed a problem where the dropdowns could unexpectedly go off the screen
• The Stock Reordering report no longer includes inactive products by default
• Fixed a problem in Sales Order Operational Report with Filter by Customer
• Fixed a loophole whereby the Customer Balance could be made incorrect
• Fixed an error with the display of the Malaysian Ringit
• Corrected some reports not to show deactivated customers or vendors by default
• Fixed an error where dropdowns would sometimes come down automatically after duplicating or creating a new record

Other

• The database password is now randomized for security reasons
• Improved error handling for importing
• Running the database update will recalculate Customer Balances in case there was an error previously

Version 1.1.4.0
Feb. 28, 2008

New or Improved Features

• Inventory can now be exported.
• Added a new currency: the Bahraini Dinar.

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• Using Transfer Stock from the Current Quantity tab of Product Info will now default to transferring all stock instead of 0
• If the Reorder Quantity is set for a product, Purchase Orders will now default to this quantity
• Cleaned up the Export dialog so that only one type can be selected at a time

Changes to formatting in reports and printed documents

• The Remarks fields in printed documents will now expand as more text is added; previously the text would've been cut off
• Changed the spacing in printed Purchase Orders to be consistent with Sales Invoices
• Expanded the space for the order numbers so that split orders (e.g. SO-000519-1) will display properly

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the tab order in a few places
• Fixed an issue where the product prices would not be refreshed in Product Info in some cases
• Fixed an issue where the taxing schemes would not be refreshed in company settings in some cases

Other

• Introduced mechanism for displaying discount promotions within inFlow
• Improved inFlow installer to reduce the chance of a failed database installation

Version 1.1.3.0
Feb. 12, 2008

New or Improved Features

• The field mapping used in import will now be remembered for subsequent imports.
• More space is now given for the billing, shipping, and receiving addresses on printed documents.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an error in version 1.1.2.0 where importing would often fail.
• Fixed an error with the formatting of the Indian Rupee on some systems.

Version 1.1.2.0
Feb. 07, 2008

New or improved features

• Added Misc. Info field in company header for printed documents (e.g. can be used for Tax #)
• Standalone Invoices can now be cancelled
• Added millimetres (mm) as an option under Unit Type (Length)
• Added support for Namibian currency
• Freight field is now hidden on printed documents (e.g. Invoices) when blank
• Printed Purchase Orders and Receiving Notes will no longer print the Vendor Product Code column when blank

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• Added "Cancel" as an option when prompting to "Save" or "Don't Save".
• Added the ability to Adjust or Transfer just one line of product inventory under Product Information Current Quantity tab
• The inventory History is now by default sorted so that the newest transactions are at the top
• Switching to use Sample Data at end of Startup Questionnaire will now save the questionnaire answers
• Allow Negative Inventory option now defaults to off, so warnings will be given
• Most reports will by default no longer include inactive products
• Inactive products, customers, and vendors are no longer exported
• Re-order Stock now no longer includes items that aren't marked as "I buy this product"
• Added some default entries into the Units references to clarify its intended usage
• Changed report headers to consistently say "Item" instead of "Product"
• Added descriptions of the Data Types under Import Data
• Restock All and Unstock All buttons will now be disabled if there are no lines to restock or unstock
• The default password for new databases is now empty instead of "inflow"
• Selecting Change User will now no longer trigger a login when there is only one user in the system
• Count Sheet now prefills the Stock Adjustment with the Count Sheet Number whenever possible

Bug fixes

• Corrected an error where inFlow reports would fail with some JPG files
• Corrected an error with loading the Customer Order History report
• Corrected the alignment of the secondary tax field in printed Sales Orders
• Corrected some reports to be listed as Standard Edition reports in the menu
• Using Transfer Stock to and from the same location and sublocation will no longer trigger inventory transactions
• Cancelling an order no longer shows incorrect warnings about negative inventory
• Renamed "Quantity Sold" in Inventory Summary report to "Quantity Reserved"

Version 1.1.1.0
Jan. 24, 2008

Installation and deployment updates

• Updated the version of Crystal Reports viewer shipped with inFlow
• Fixed an error with the installation of inFlow when the target hard drive was compressed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an error where an extra line would be displayed in printed invoices with no tax
• Fixed a small issue with the display of the "Edit" link for address boxes

Version 1.1.0.0
Jan. 19, 2008

New or improved features

• New and improved controls for selecting Locations and Sublocations throughout inFlow. These will show the quantity on hand when an item is selected, and also allow for choosing known sublocations from a list.
• Listings of Sales Orders and Purchase Orders can now show multiple statuses at once
• Added an option to Taxing Schemes to allow calculating tax on freight.
• inFlow now supports up to 10 custom fields for Products, Customers, and Vendors.
• Added in more world currencies
• Added a new feature to Reset Database to Blank.
• inFlow should now display properly with the Large DPI option in Windows
• Added a new field under Vendor information for websites
• 4 new reports (Standard Edition only)
  • Inventory Movement Report shows the total amounts of inventory moved in and out of a location over a specified time period
  • Sales Tax Report shows the totals for taxes you have collected from your customers
  • Purchasing Tax Report shows the totals for taxes you have paid to your vendors
  • Inventory By Location Report Shows you the totals of how much inventory you have in each location (adding up over all sublocations)

Improvements to business logic

• Sales Orders and Purchase Orders can now be cancelled even after marking them as Fully Shipped or Fully Received. This will reverse any inventory movements or payments for the cancelled orders.
• Improved Auto suggestions to copy Item descriptions (e.g. to copy modified descriptions from Sales Order into Invoices)
• Fully Shipped/Received Sales/Purchase Orders with no monetary charge will now have status marked Paid
• Count Sheet's Add By Product/Location no longer include lines with 0 quantities and inactive items
• A Purchase Order can now be completed for just services from a vendor
• The Due Date in a Purchase Order will now be calculated based on the latest shipment received and the Payment Terms.
• The Due Date in a Sales Order will now be calculated and refreshed based on the Invoiced Date and payment terms, unless auto-invoice is turned off
• Duplicated Purchase Orders no longer duplicate the Due Date
• Services now default "I buy this service" to true
• Activating and de-activating entities now requires the user have write-access to that entity
• Total Ordered Quantities no longer count Services, to make it easier to compare to quantities received or picked

Changes to formatting in reports and printed documents

• Improved the formatting of addresses on printed documents to use space more effectively and correct some formatting errors
• Printed documents no longer show "Printed by inFlow Inventory" in the Standard Edition
• Corrected an error where header text on printed documents or reports would leave space for a blank icon in some cases
• Fixed a bug where addresses may have had extra spaces inserted in report or document headers

Things to make inFlow even easier to use

• Added Back/Forward navigation buttons in the Help Center
• Modified the Address boxes to add an easier to see "Edit" link
• Added a Transfer Stock button in Product Current Quantity
• Current stock quantities are now immediately refreshed when Transfer Stock or Adjust Stock is triggered from the Product Information screen
• Added information on the last order placed by/to a customer/vendor on the dropdown information tooltips
• Updated auto-completion of City, State, Country in addresses to work more intelligently
• Added link to Online Support Forum in Help menu
• Fixed an error with the cursor positioning after deleting characters in a field dropdown
• Added a shortcut to creating new Receiving Addresses from Ship-To Address in Purchase Order
• Products in Purchase Order Receive and Unstock tabs are now filtered to exclude services and non-purchaseable items
• Products in History basic search are now filtered to only show Stockable Products
• Updating tax or pricing schemes will now immediately refresh the order
• The order of the pricing schemes shown in Product Information is now more consistent
• Fixed tab order when multiple pricing schemes were added in Product Information
• Creating a new Standalone Invoice will now show Invoiced orders in the listing
• Clarified the way negative Stock Adjustments are stored and displayed
• Taxing Schemes now supply defaults for the tax display names
• Pressing Enter in the search boxes in the Help Center will now trigger a search
• Updating options in Startup Questionnaire will now take effect immediately
• Improved layout of Startup Questionnaire
• The Paid button in Purchase Orders is now enabled immediately if the balance changes

Bug fixes

• Improved general purpose error handling in inFlow
• Fixed issues with the display of various world currencies
• Count Sheet will now correctly count fractional quantities
• Fixed a bug that could crash inFlow when deleting rows through the context menu in some screens
• Deleted users no longer show up as options in the login screen
• Product listings will now correctly show when the default price is 0
• Improved the stability of the entity listings, fixing some possible crashes
• Fixed a bug where the last line of Products would often not be imported properly
• Fixed a bug with improper error handling when an item name was mistyped in some tables
• Fixed a bug where the dropdown selections could stop working in rare cases
• Fixed a bug where return date would sometimes not be filled in upon Auto-Return or Refund in Full
• Adjust Stock now refreshes quantities correctly upon a change of location
• Reorder Stock now correctly takes quantity on order into account
• Corrected an error where users could not scroll through completed count sheets
• Fixed a problem where the inFlow window would not resize properly in some cases
• Fixed a small issue where a save confirmation dialog would come up for some unmodified entities
• Removed an incorrect tooltip that claimed Advanced Search was a Standard Edition feature
• Fixed an error with the font of the Business Address in the Customer Information

Installation and deployment updates

• Corrected a bug where inFlow could crash under the newly released .NET 2.0 Service Pack 1
• Added some pictures to be displayed during the installation
• inFlow Installer now includes Windows Installer 3.1, which was missing for some users
• inFlow Installer now displays more feedback and handles errors better during SQL Server installation
• Installer will now install database properly on compressed hard drives
• Added feature to register inFlow in Startup Questionnaire